Go to Guoqing Temple when the rice is yellow and the persimmons are red

Go to Guoqing Temple when the rice is yellow and the persimmons are red I arrived at Guoqing Temple at around 8am. The rice fields in front of the temple had already turned yellow and part of them had been harvested. If I had come later, I might not have been able to see them. There weren't many people visiting Guoqing Temple in the morning, and it still retained the pure atmosphere of a temple. It is said that the monks grow their own food and vegetables, and we also saw the harvested rice. The mottled walls and the polished jade lions reflect the history of this temple. It is recommended to come early, as many tourist groups have already arrived at the temple at 10 o'clock on weekdays. Incense and bracelets are all at the Dharma distribution center in the side hall in front of Yuhua Temple. The low-priced bracelets are no longer provided in bags, so you can bring one to Yuhua Temple to get a stamp. It costs 5 yuan per stamp and only cash is accepted. Go up the small road on the left side of Yuhua Temple and turn left. In a small doorway is Wang Xizhi's Goose Stele. Next to it is the Three Saints Temple. Further ahead is the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats. It is highly recommended to visit. The Arhats have different expressions and movements. Some take off their shoes and tuck them under their armpits, some roll up their trouser legs to go into the water, and some help to scratch their itch. It's very interesting. Now vegetarian food is not available to the public. There is tea available, including black tea and Pu'er. There is a small teahouse where you can sit and rest. You can go to Guoqing Temple to see the Sui Pagoda. There is a popular restaurant Sanmu Yushi next to the rice field. It mainly provides Western-style simple meals. It is a good place to enjoy the scenery, facing the rice field and surrounded by persimmon trees. There are just a lot of mosquitoes, and you are not allowed to enter at 3 or 3:30. Hangzhou ID cards are free of admission before the end of October, but not free of glass bridge tickets. Those who are not physically fit can climb from the Big Waterfall to the 4th Waterfall and return the same way. If you are still physically fit, I think you can climb to the top. It took us about 2 hours and we took a break in the middle. If you exercise normally, you won’t be very tired. The latter part is relatively flat and is a plank road on the edge of the cliff. It is very comfortable to walk on. When you reach the top, you can take the bus back to the entrance. You need to buy a ticket for this. You can also buy a ticket for Huixian Bridge, which is a glass bridge, to go to Qiongtai Wonderland for 80 yuan. If you don't want to cross the bridge, you can also exit the Grand Waterfall Scenic Area and take a slight detour to enter from the entrance of Qiongtai Wonderland. In this direction, you have to go down stairs to Qiongtai. There is a relatively steep section of stairs when you first enter, but it becomes very flat after half an hour. The scenery is average. It takes about an hour and a half to get to the bottom. There is a free bus back to the entrance of the Grand Waterfall, which runs every half an hour. The latest seems to be 5 o'clock. I went to Yuqingzhai for dinner. The five tigers and sheep rolls were good, with liver slices inside. The meat in the flatbreads was like dumpling stuffing without much seasoning. It was not very tasty. Overall it was average. Guoqing Temple